Brian Wilson quotes

" Pet Sounds is an unbelievable record. It's like classical music. Wonderful compositions, beautiful singing. I think the compositions stand up to any kind of interpretation. I've heard "Put Your Head On My Shoulder" played on the cello and it sounds like a piece music that's been with us for hundreds and hundreds of years. It sounds like it's always been there. And I think maybe in a hundred years' time people will be playing their songs on the piano trying to work out where they came from. " # Television # Music # Beauty

" The more you sweat during peace, The less you bleed during war. " # Peace

" Take all the time you need It's a lovely night If you decide to come You're gonna do it right. " # Love # Politics # Time and Time Management

" Drive for a couple miles You'll see a sign and turn left For a couple blocks Next is mine, you'll turn left on a little road It's a bumpy one. " # Drivers and Driving # Marriage # Love

" I believe that music is God's voice. " # Music # God # Belief

" I think because I felt so sad I had to bring out my feelings, and try to create music that would make me and all my friends feel better. " # Music # Love # Friends and Friendship

" It's funny how people are pickin' up on our music now, you know? I think it's wonderful that people like our music. " # Music

" I met Paul in 1967, Ringo in 1985, and I saw George Harrison in a nightclub somewhere in L. A. I never met John. " # Cheerfulness # Love # Politics

" We wanted to bring some love to the world. I thought we were good at doing that. Bringin' love to the world. " # Love

" There is a new song, too complex to get all of first time around. It could come only out of the ferment that characterizes today's pop music scene. Brian Wilson, leader of the famous Beach Boys, and one of today's most important musicians, sings his own 'Surf's Up.' Poetic, beautiful even in its obscurity, 'Surf's Up' is one aspect of new things happening in pop music today. As such, it is a symbol of the change many of these young musicians see in our future. " # Music # Change # Fame